Shany Cosmetics nail paint in Shade 03 (This paint was a part of their cosmopolitan set of 24).

Fine nail art brush size 0 or 1.

Acrylic colors in White & black.

PS;- I have always prefered to use acrylic paints for nail art as they really last longer and give a much better realistic effect to the art. Regular nail polish cannot add much effects.

Alternatives to the things I used.

if you do not have acrylic colors, it is totally fine to use normal nail paints, turns out the same.

Also if you do not have a fine brush (not necessarily a nail art one), you could use a nail art pen or a toothpick.But it may not give precise nails.

Since I have short nails at the moment, I have lesser space to work on but this works much better for long nails.

STEP 1 :-

Minion Nail Art Tutorial For Short Nails

Firstly begin by applying a transparent nail paint and later top it off with a nice bright yellow nail paint. Apply two or more coats of yellow till desired result is achieved.

STEP 2 :-

Minion Nail Art Tutorial For Short Nails

Next step would be to paint the lower half with a denim blue color like I have done here. You could use a nail tip guide if you have one. here i have not used a guide hence the weird look. Apply at least 2 coats here.

STEP 3:-

Minion Nail Art Tutorial For Short Nails

Proceed to the next step as and when the previous coats are dry. Start by applying one circle or two circles according to how you want your MINIONS to look like. Do this with a fine brush using the white acrylic color or you can use a white nail paint or instead of a brush use a toothpick.

STEP 4:-

Minion Nail Art Tutorial For Short Nails

Next start by defining their eyes, draw a thick black outline to the white circles you drew before. Also make a thick horizontal line on either side of your nail connecting it to either side of your cuticle. Do this with a black acrylic color.

Minion Nail Art Tutorial For Short Nails

next start of by defining their smile, add some eyeballs in them and define their pants the way I have done it in the pic above and voila your done. Dont forget to add some tiny dots as buttons on the blue part. It looks more cutter. 🙂

Minion Nail Art Tutorial For Short Nails

And lastly finish this off with a transparent clear coat to protect your nail art and make it last longer.